Seleucid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /səˈluːsɪd/
Etymology
From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης (Seleukídēs), named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to Seleucus + -id.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.
The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).
1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1:An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart, […]
2021, Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kosmin, The Middle Maccabees, page 151:
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Translations (9)
pt selêucida (relating to the dynasty) · es seléucida (relating to the dynasty) · it seleucidico (relating to the dynasty) · ar سِلُوقِيّ (relating to the dynasty) · de seleukidisch (relating to the dynasty) · fi seleukidilainen (relating to the dynasty) · hy սելեւկյան (relating to the dynasty) · ru селевкидский (relating to the dynasty) · fr séleucide (relating to the dynasty)